Turning 20?

[Thayer McCollum]

So Team 159 is turning 20 this year (We will be competing in our 20th competition season). I was wondering who else is turning 20?

[Mark McLeod]

These are the teams that started in 1998, but some of them are now defunct (e.g. team 2) or have since changed team numbers (e.g. 194 became 271), and others have not played every year (e.g., 188 due to teacher's strike sat out 2013).

2 Pasadena, TX, USA
5 Allen Park, MI
9 Chicago, IL
10 St. Louis Park, MN
17 East Rutherford, NJ, USA
19 Greenwich, CT
21 Kennedy Space Cntr, FL
29 El Paso, TX, USA
30 Lincroft, NJ
32 Youngstown, OH, USA
38 Southbury, CT
40 Manchester, NH
46 Detroit, MI, USA
48 Warren, OH
49 Saginaw, MI
50 Dallas, TX, USA
53 Greenbelt, MD
54 Hoboken, NJ, USA
57 Houston, TX
64 Mesa, AZ
66 Ypsilanti, MI
68 Pontiac, MI
70 Flint, MI
77 Conroe, TX
79 Clearwater, FL
84 Towanda, PA
94 Southfield, MI
102 Somerville, NJ
104 West Chester, PA
112 Arlington Heights, IL
115 Cupertino, CA
117 Pittsburgh, PA
127 Friendswood, TX
132 Wilton Manors, FL
135 Mishawaka, IN
139 Fort Collins, CO, USA
149 Oneida, NY
154 Millbrae, CA, USA
159 Ft. Collins, CO
163 Bloomfield Hills, MI USA
165 Annapolis, MD
167 Iowa City, IA
168 North Miami Beach, FL
169 El Paso, TX, USA
170 El Paso, TX
174 Syracuse, NY
179 West Palm Beach, FL
180 Palm City, FL
182 Dearborn, MI
185 Lansdale, PA
186 Lake Buena Vista, FL
188 Scarborough Ontario, Canada
189 Woodbridge, NJ, USA
194 Bay Shore, NY, US
195 Southington, CT
196 Erie, PA
197 Louisville, KY
198 Newark, NJ
201 Rochester Hills, MI, USA
202 Rocky Hill, CT, USA
203 Sicklerville, NJ
204 Voorhees, NJ
205 Washington Township, NJ, USA
206 Boston, MA

[Hallry]

These are the teams from Mark's list above that were still active as of 2016:

21 Kennedy Space Cntr, FL
48 Warren, OH
53 Greenbelt, MD
57 Houston, TX
66 Ypsilanti, MI
68 Pontiac, MI
70 Flint, MI
79 Clearwater, FL
94 Southfield, MI
102 Somerville, NJ
115 Cupertino, CA
117 Pittsburgh, PA
125 Boston, MA (206)*
135 Mishawaka, IN
159 Ft. Collins, CO
167 Iowa City, IA
174 Syracuse, NY
179 West Palm Beach, FL
180 Palm City, FL
188 Scarborough Ontario, Canada
195 Southington, CT
201 Rochester Hills, MI, USA
203 Sicklerville, NJ
204 Voorhees, NJ
271 Bay Shore, NY (194)*
272 Landsdale, PA (185)*

*Note: Added 125, 271, and 272 as per posts below.

[Mark McLeod]

Add 271 to that list.

Their original 1998 team number was 194 and they changed the next year, although I've forgotten why exactly (they are a neighboring team).

[Richard.Varone]

We're still alive and well

I've always been under the impression that prior to 1999 the numbers where randomly assigned each year which is why we were 194 in 1998.

[Brandon Holley]

You can add 125 to that list as well, our rookie year was 1998 and have been competing ever since!

Looks like we might be team #206 on the original list.

-Brando

[HannahF]

185 is now 272 so they should be on the list.

If I remember the story correctly their number changed from 1998 to 1999 because the team's main sponsor changed that year and back then FIRST used to lump team numbers together by main sponsors.

[Mark McLeod]

I think Hannah has it.
1997 was the last year for floating numbers and in 1998 FIRST assigned permanent numbers based on the primary sponsor name.

[obselete1]

I think team 93 rookie year was 1997.

[ctt956]

The Zebracorns are 3/4 of the way there!

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by obselete1

I think team 93 rookie year was 1997.

Right, so their 20th year would've been 2016. They'll be turning 21 this season.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

You can add 125 to that list as well, our rookie year was 1998 and have been competing ever since!

Looks like we might be team #206 on the original list.

-Brando

As a fun fact - Boston Latin first competed in 1992 then stopped competing again until 1998 when 125 formed. (Yes, I FINALLY got around to chasing this down)

I'll never stop being amazed at how slow growth in Boston was given the level of tech and schools around there and its proximity to HQ.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Congratulations everyone. WildStang is entering their 22nd year now. We made a special shirt that had every robot screen printed on the back. I love that shirt.
Team 112 may have a future if we can convince the district and get some additional sponsors. 112 was a Motorola team that disbanded and mostly went to BattleBots.

[Jonny_Jee]

I turned twenty this year!

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by Hallry

168 North Miami Beach, FL

168 hasn't competed since 2013 Link